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1 A Novel Three-Dimensional Framework for Automatic Lung Segmentation from Low-Dose Computed Tomography Images |
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1.2 Joint Markov-Gibbs Model of LDCT Lung Images |
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1.2.1 Spatial Interaction Model of LDCT Images |
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1.2.2 Intensity Model of LDCT Lung Images |
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1.2.2.1 Sequential EM-Based Initialization |
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1.2.2.2 Modified EM Algorithm for LCDG |
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1.3 Experimental Results and Validation |
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2 Incremental Engineering of Lung Segmentation Systems |
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2.1.1 Approaches to Medical Image Segmentation |
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2.1.1.1 Classical Image Analysis |
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2.1.1.2 Knowledge-Based or Syntactic Techniques |
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2.1.1.3 Deformable Model Fitting |
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2.1.1.4 Classification-Based Techniques |
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2.1.1.5 Atlas-Based Segmentation via Registration |
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2.1.2 Challenges to Segmenting Lungs in HRCT |
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2.1.2.1 Interpatient and Intrapatient Variations |
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2.1.2.2 Real and Artificial Artifacts |
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2.1.2.3 Conflicting Ground Truth Definitions |
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2.2 ProcessNet as a Network of Processes |
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2.2.1 Internals of a Process |
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2.2.2 Changes Affecting a Process |
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2.3.2 Detecting Process Change via Cornerstone Shift |
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2.3.3 Managing Cornerstone Shifts |
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2.3.4 Change Validation in a ProcessNet |
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31 | (1) |
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2.4 Lung Anatomy Segmentation Using ProcessNet |
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2.4.1 Evaluation of ProcessNet in Operation |
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32 | (3) |
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2.4.2 Analysis of the PN9 Anatomy Segmentation System |
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2.4.3 Quantitative Evaluation of Anatomy Segmentation |
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40 | (3) |
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43 | (1) |
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44 | (7) |
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3 3D MGRF-Based Appearance Modeling for Robust Segmentation of Pulmonary Nodules in 3D LDCT Chest Images |
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51 | (2) |
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52 | (1) |
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3.1.3 Our Model versus a Conventional Deformable Model |
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53 | (1) |
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3.3 MGRF-Based Prior Appearance Model |
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3.3.1 Model Identification |
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54 | (2) |
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3.4 LCDG-Based Current Appearance Model |
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3.5 Boundary Evolution Using Two Appearance Models |
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57 | (2) |
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59 | (3) |
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62 | (3) |
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4 Ground-Glass Nodule Characterization in High-Resolution Computed Tomography Scans |
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4.1 Introduction: Literature Review |
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4.1.1 Radiographic Characteristics of GGNs |
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4.1.2 Nomenclature of GGNs |
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66 | (1) |
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4.1.3 Clinical Prevalence: Epidemiology |
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66 | (1) |
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4.1.5 GGNs' Evolution and Histopathological Disease Progression |
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67 | (1) |
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4.1.6 Computer-Aided Detection and Diagnosis of GGNs |
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67 | (1) |
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4.1.7 Lung Nodule Volumetry and Its Limitation |
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68 | (1) |
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4.1.8 GGN Characterization: Our Approach |
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4.2 Methods: RAGF Nodule Characterization |
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4.2.1 Theory: Anisotropic Scale Space and Scale-Space Mean Shift |
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4.2.2 Robust Gaussian Mean Estimation |
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4.2.3 Robust Gaussian Covariance Estimation |
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4.2.4 Robust Scale Selection |
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72 | (1) |
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4.2.6 Volumetric Measurements |
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75 | (2) |
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5 Four-Dimensional Computed Tomography Lung Registration Methods |
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86 | (1) |
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5.2 CT Imaging Technology |
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5.2.1 3DCT Imaging Technology |
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87 | (1) |
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5.2.2 4DCT Imaging Technology |
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5.2.3 How Registration Helps in Knowing the Lung Motion |
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5.3 Rigid-Body Transformations |
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5.3.1 Automatic 3D Registration of Lung Surfaces in CT Scans |
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5.3.2 Deformable 4DCT Lung Registration with Vessel Bifurcations |
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5.3.3 Landmark Detection in the Chest and Registration of Lung Surfaces with an Application to Nodule Registration |
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91 | (1) |
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5.3.4 Modeling Respiratory Motion for Optimization of Lung Cancer Radiotherapy Using Fast MR Imaging and Intensity-Based Image Registration |
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5.4 B-Splines and Thin-Plate Splines |
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5.4.1.1 Quantitative Assessment of Registration in Thoracic CT |
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5.4.1.2 A Continuous 4D Motion Model from Multiple Respiratory Cycles for Use in Lung Radiotherapy |
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93 | (1) |
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5.4.2.1 4DCT Image-Based Lung Motion Field Extraction and Analysis |
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5.5 Physics-Based 3D Warping and Registration from Lung Images |
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5.5.3 Continuity Preserving |
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5.6 Inverse Consistent Registration |
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5.6.1 Consistent Landmark and Intensity-Based Image Registration |
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5.6.2 Estimation of Regional Lung Expansion via 3D Image Registration |
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5.6.3 Tracking Lung Tissue Motion and Expansion Compression with Inverse Consistent Image Registration and Spirometry |
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5.7 Optical Flow-Based Methods |
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5.7.1 Nonrigid Registration Method to Assess the Reproducibility of Breath-Holding with Active Breathing Control in Lung Cancer |
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98 | (1) |
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5.7.2 Evaluation of Deformable Registration of Patient Lung 4DCT with Subanatomical Region Segmentations |
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98 | (1) |
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5.8 Validation, the Much Needed Emphasis |
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5.8.1 Deformable 4DCT Lung with Vessel Bifurcations |
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5.8.2 Validation Using 3D Lung Phantom |
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5.8.3 Validation Using Root Mean Square Error |
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5.8.4 Validation Using Regression |
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5.8.5 Validation and Comparison Methods for Free-Breathing 4D Lung CT |
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100 | (1) |
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5.9.1 Simulation and Visualization Requirements for Lung Radiotherapy |
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102 | (1) |
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5.9.2 Development of Physics-Based Deformable Lung Models from 4DCT Lung Registration |
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5.9.2.1 Physics-Based 3D Deformable Lung Surface Model |
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5.9.2.2 3D Lung Surface Deformations for PET/CT Image Registration |
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103 | (1) |
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5.9.2.3 Physics-Based Volumetric 3D Lung Model |
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103 | (1) |
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5.9.2.4 Application of Lung Deformation Estimated from 4DCT for Lung Radiotherapy Applications |
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104 | (2) |
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106 | (3) |
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106 | (1) |
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107 | (2) |
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6 Pulmonary Kinematics via Registration of Serial Lung Images |
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109 | (28) |
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109 | (2) |
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6.2 Estimating Pulmonary Motion via Serial Image Registration |
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6.2.1 Elastic Matching of the Lung |
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112 | (1) |
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6.2.2 Diffeomorphic Image Registration |
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113 | (1) |
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6.2.2.1 Symmetric Normalization |
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6.2.3 Image Similarity Functions |
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6.2.3.1 Optical Flow and Demons Algorithm |
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6.2.3.2 Normalized Cross-Correlation |
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6.2.3.4 Other Similarity Metrics |
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116 | (1) |
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6.2.4 Numerical Implementation |
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116 | (1) |
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6.3 Quantifying Normal Lung Motion in Humans |
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117 | (4) |
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6.3.1 Quantification of Normal Human Lung Motion |
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119 | (2) |
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6.4 Evaluating Pathologic Lung Motion in Transgenic Mice |
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6.4.1 Pathologic Lung Motion |
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6.5 Evaluation of SyN in the EMPIRE10 Study |
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6.5.1 Materials and Evaluation Protocol |
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6.6 Effects of Parameters on Motion Quantitation Accuracy |
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126 | (4) |
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6.6.3.1 Effect of Image Resolution |
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6.6.3.2 Effect of Image Similarity Metrics |
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130 | (1) |
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7 Acquisition and Automated Analysis of Normal and Pathological Lungs in Small Animals Using Microcomputed Tomography |
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Carlos Ortiz-de-Solorzano |
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7.2.1 Principles of Micro-CT |
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7.3 Image Segmentation and Analysis |
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7.3.1.1 Normal Lungs and Diseases with Decreased Lung Density |
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7.3.1.2 Diseases with Increased Lung Density |
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7.3.3 Pulmonary Vasculature |
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7.3.3.1 Lung Function Imaging |
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8 Airway Segmentation and Analysis from Computed Tomography |
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8.1.2 CT Imaging of the Airways |
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8.1.3 Pathology of the Airways |
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8.1.3.1 Airway Deformation and Pulmonary Tuberculosis |
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8.1.3.2 Congenital Cardiac Disease |
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8.1.3.4 Other Diseases of the Bronchi |
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8.2.3 Thresholding with Topological Analysis |
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8.2.3.1 Branch Validation Region-Growing |
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8.2.3.2 Centerline-Based Improvement Technique |
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8.2.4 Rule-Based Segmentation |
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8.2.5.1 Fuzzy Region Classification |
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8.2.5.2 Fuzzy Connectivity |
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8.2.6.1 Morphological Reconstruction |
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8.2.6.2 Connection Cost and Energy Minimization |
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8.2.8 Airway Segmentation Evaluation (EXACTW Challenge) |
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8.2.8.2 Results and Discussion |
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8.3.1.1 Region-Growing Methods |
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8.3.2 Anatomical Branch Labeling |
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8.3.4 Statistical Shape Models of Air way Trees |
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9 Pulmonary Vessel Segmentation for Multislice CT Data: Methods and Applications |
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9.1.2.1 Pulmonary Embolism |
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9.1.2.2 Pulmonary Hypertension |
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9.2.1 Intensity-Based Approaches |
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9.2.3 Vesselness-Based Approaches |
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9.2.4.1 Core Component Identification |
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9.2.4.2 Fuzzy Vessel Segmentation |
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9.2.4.3 Probability Function |
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9.2.4.4 Centerline Extraction |
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9.2.5 Artery-Vein Separation |
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9.3.3 Airway Segmentation and Virtual Bronchoscopy |
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9.3.4 Lung Fissures and Lung Registration |
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9.4 Summary and Conclusions |
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10 A Novel Level Set-Based Computer-Aided Detection System for Automatic Detection of Lung Nodules in Low-Dose Chest Computed Tomography Scans |
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10.2 Methods and Data Acquisition |
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10.3 Detecting Lung Nodules with Deformable Prototypes |
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10.3.1 Deformable Prototype of a Candidate Nodule |
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10.3.2 Similarity Measure for Grayscale Nodule Prototypes |
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10.3.3 Lung Nodule Detection Algorithm |
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10.4 Postclassification of Nodule Features |
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228 | (1) |
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10.5 Experimental Results and Conclusions |
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11 Model-Based Methods for Detection of Pulmonary Nodules |
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11.1.1 State of the Art in CAD |
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11.1.3 Model-Based Approaches for Pulmonary Nodule Detection |
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241 | (1) |
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11.2 Region-Based Methods for Pulmonary Nodule Detection |
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11.3 Voxel-Based Methods for Pulmonary Nodule Detection |
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11.3.1 Differential Operators on Volume Images |
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11.3.1.1 The Curvature Tensor |
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11.3.1.2 The Voxel-Labeling Problem from a Bayesian Perspective |
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11.3.1.3 Modeling the Likelihood Term |
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11.3.1.4 Modeling the Prior |
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11.3.1.5 Overview of the Modeling Procedure |
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11.3.2.1 Design of the Priors for the Nodule Model |
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11.3.2.2 Derivation of the Likelihood |
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11.3.2.3 Marginalization Over the Model Parameters |
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11.3.3.1 Design of the Priors for the Vessel Model |
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11.3.3.2 Derivation of the Likelihood |
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11.3.3.3 Marginalization Over the Model Parameters |
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11.3.4 The Vessel Junction Model |
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11.3.5 The Parenchyma Model |
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11.4 Experimental Results |
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11.4.1 Region-Based Methods |
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11.4.2 Bayesian Voxel Labeling |
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11.5 Summary and Conclusion |
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12 Concept and Practice of Genetic Algorithm Template Matching and Higher Order Local Autocorrelation Schemes in Automated Detection of Lung Nodules |
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12.2 TM Using a Genetic Algorithm |
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12.2.2 Genetic Algorithms |
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12.2.3.1 Structure of GATM |
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12.2.3.2 Setup of Simulation Studies Investigating GATM |
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12.2.3.3 Results of the First Simulation Study Using GATM |
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12.2.3.4 Results of the Second Simulation Study Using GATM |
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12.2.3.5 Results of the Third Simulation Study Using GATM |
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12.2.4 Nodule Detection by GATM in Chest Radiographs |
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12.2.5 Nodule Detection by GATM in Thoracic CT Images |
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12.3 HLAC with Multiple Regression |
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12.3.2 Multiple Regression |
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12.3.3 Pattern Recognition Using HLAC with Multiple Regression |
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12.3.4 Nodule Detection Using HLAC in Thoracic CT Images |
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13 Computer-Aided Detection of Lung Nodules in Chest Radiographs and Thoracic CT |
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13.2.1 Database of Low-Dose CT Images |
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13.2.2 Database of Chest Radiographs |
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13.3 CAD Scheme for Thoracic CT |
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13.3.1 Current Scheme for Lung Nodule Detection in Low-Dose CT |
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13.3.2 Architecture of Massive Training ANNs for FP Reduction |
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13.3.3 Training Method of Expert MTANNs |
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13.3.4 Scoring Method for Combining Output Pixels |
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13.3.5 Mixing ANN for Combining Expert MTANNs |
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13.4 CAD Scheme for Chest Radiographs |
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13.4.2 Preprocessing for Massive Training ANN FP Reduction |
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13.5.1 Results for Thoracic CT |
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13.5.2 Results for Chest Radiographs |
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13.6.2 Chest Radiography CAD |
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317 | (1) |
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14 Lung Nodule and Tumor Detection and Segmentation |
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14.1 Detection and Segmentation of GGO Nodule |
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14.1.2.1 Threshold for Lung Area Segmentation |
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14.1.2.2 Vessel and Noise Suppression with 3D Cylinder Filters |
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325 | (1) |
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14.1.2.3 Detection of GGO |
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325 | (2) |
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14.1.2.4 Segmentation of GGO Using Nonparametric Density Estimation |
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327 | (1) |
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14.1.2.5 Removal Vessels Overlapped with Lung Abnormalities |
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328 | (1) |
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329 | (1) |
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14.1.3.1 Results of GGO Detection |
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329 | (1) |
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330 | (2) |
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14.2 Detection and Segmentation of Large Lung Cancer |
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332 | (11) |
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332 | (1) |
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333 | (1) |
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14.2.2.1 RASMs for Lung Area Segmentation |
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333 | (2) |
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14.2.2.2 Detection of Large Lung Cancers |
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335 | (1) |
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14.2.2.3 Segmentation of Large Lung Cancers |
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336 | (1) |
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339 | (1) |
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340 | (3) |
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15 Texture Classification in Pulmonary CT |
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343 | (2) |
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345 | (10) |
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15.2.1 Intensity Histogram |
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345 | (2) |
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15.2.2 Local Binary Patterns |
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347 | (2) |
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15.2.3 Gaussian Derivative-Based Filter Bank |
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349 | (1) |
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15.2.4 Gray-Level Co-Occurrence Matrices |
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350 | (1) |
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15.2.5 Gray-Level Run-Length Matrices |
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351 | (3) |
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15.3.1 A Case Study: Classification of Emphysema in CT |
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356 | (1) |
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15.3.3 Classification Setup |
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356 | (2) |
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15.3.4 Training and Parameter Selection |
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358 | (2) |
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15.3.5 Classification Results |
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360 | (1) |
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15.3.6 Selected Parameters |
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361 | (1) |
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15.3.7 Combining Information |
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362 | (1) |
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15.4 Discussion and Conclusion |
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363 | (6) |
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365 | (4) |
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16 Computer-Aided Assessment and Stenting of Tracheal Stenosis |
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369 | (26) |
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369 | (1) |
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370 | (3) |
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16.2.1 Anatomy of the Trachea |
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370 | (1) |
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371 | (1) |
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16.3 Traditional Methods for Airway Assessment |
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16.3.1 Rigid Bronchoscopy |
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373 | (1) |
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16.3.2 Flexible Bronchoscopy |
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374 | (2) |
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16.4 Computer-Aided Methods |
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376 | (14) |
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16.4.2 Semiautomatic Methods |
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379 | (3) |
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382 | (1) |
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16.4.3.1 Estimation of Healthy Tracheas |
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382 | (4) |
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16.4.3.2 Segmentation of Narrowed Tracheas |
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386 | (2) |
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16.4.3.3 Quantification of Stenosis |
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388 | (1) |
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16.4.3.4 Choice of Stents |
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388 | (2) |
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390 | (5) |
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390 | (5) |
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17 Appearance Analysis for the Early Assessment of Detected Lung Nodules |
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395 | (10) |
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395 | (2) |
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396 | (1) |
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17.2 MGRF-Based Prior Appearance Model |
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397 | (2) |
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17.2.1 Neighborhood Selection |
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398 | (1) |
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17.3 Experimental Results |
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399 | (4) |
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403 | (2) |
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403 | (2) |
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18 Validation of a New Image-Based Approach for the Accurate Estimating of the Growth Rate of Detected Lung Nodules Using Real Computed Tomography Images and Elastic Phantoms Generated by State-of-the-Art Microfluidics Technology |
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405 | (3) |
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406 | (2) |
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18.2 Material and Methods |
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408 | (6) |
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18.2.1.1 Elastic Phantoms |
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18.2.2.1 Global Alignment |
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410 | (2) |
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18.2.2.2 Local Motion Model |
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412 | (2) |
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414 | (2) |
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18.3.1 Validating the Proposed Approach on Elastic Phantoms |
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415 | (1) |
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18.3.2 Validation of the Proposed Registration on In Vivo Data |
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416 | (1) |
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416 | (5) |
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19 Three-Dimensional Shape Analysis Using Spherical Harmonics for Early Assessment of Detected Lung Nodules |
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421 | (18) |
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421 | (4) |
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425 | (10) |
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19.2.1 Lung Nodules Segmentation |
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426 | (1) |
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19.2.1.1 Learning the Appearance Prior |
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427 | (1) |
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19.2.1.2 LCDG Models of Current Appearance |
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428 | (1) |
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19.2.1.3 Boundary Evolution under the Two Appearance Models |
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428 | (1) |
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19.2.2 Spherical Harmonic Shape Analysis |
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429 | (6) |
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19.2.3 Quantitative Lung Nodule Shape Analysis |
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435 | (1) |
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19.3 Experimental Results |
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435 | (1) |
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436 | (3) |
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436 | (3) |
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20 Review on Computer-Aided Detection, Diagnosis, and Characterization of Pulmonary Nodules: A Clinical Perspective |
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439 | (20) |
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20.2 Clinical Setting and Imaging Approach |
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440 | (3) |
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20.3 Management of the Pulmonary Nodule |
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443 | (1) |
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20.4 CAD Technology, Potential Application, and Application in Workflow |
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444 | (2) |
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446 | (1) |
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20.6 CAD Sensitivity Plus Radiologist |
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447 | (1) |
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20.7 Technical Parameters |
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448 | (5) |
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448 | (1) |
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449 | (1) |
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449 | (3) |
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452 | (1) |
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20.8 About Pulmonary Nodules Missed by Radiologists but Detected by CAD |
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453 | (1) |
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20.10 Reference Standard in the Evaluation of CAD Systems |
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453 | (1) |
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20.11 Consideration and Conclusion |
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454 | (5) |
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455 | (4) |
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